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I'm an atheist but I quite like Buddism...
RE: I'm an atheist but I quite like Buddism...
So I went to the meditation class. It had way more Buddhism in it than I expected based on the advertising. There was a very useful underlying message to it, and useful techniques, but by golly it was caked with a load of horse shit. Especially for the first lesson.

My mind was working like a bull crap detector, I just can help it. It seems to me like some people need little stories and pretend characters in order to practice the techniques or to see the point of it. The word spiritual was thrown around endlessly, and there was even a mention of "infinite future lives".

I did come away with useful ideas, and techniques, but honestly it was about 30 minutes of useful stuff and an hour of preaching nonsense. It's a shame, because that is enough to put me off going back.

I'll continue to learn about the meditation techniques from other sources and to practice it though. I do think there is a strong message of trying to achieve inner peace, and I think that is important.
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I'm an atheist but I quite like Buddism... - by dscross - February 6, 2014 at 6:31 pm
RE: I'm an atheist but I quite like Buddism... - by FreeTony - February 6, 2014 at 6:40 pm
RE: I'm an atheist but I quite like Buddism... - by Nine - February 6, 2014 at 6:41 pm
RE: I'm an atheist but I quite like Buddism... - by dscross - February 6, 2014 at 6:43 pm
RE: I'm an atheist but I quite like Buddism... - by Nine - February 6, 2014 at 6:44 pm
RE: I'm an atheist but I quite like Buddism... - by dscross - February 6, 2014 at 6:48 pm
RE: I'm an atheist but I quite like Buddism... - by dscross - February 6, 2014 at 6:58 pm
RE: I'm an atheist but I quite like Buddism... - by KUSA - February 6, 2014 at 6:53 pm
RE: I'm an atheist but I quite like Buddism... - by Angrboda - February 6, 2014 at 6:55 pm
I'm an atheist but I quite like Buddism... - by Rampant.A.I. - February 6, 2014 at 7:19 pm
RE: I'm an atheist but I quite like Buddism... - by sven - April 23, 2014 at 11:24 am
RE: I'm an atheist but I quite like Buddism... - by TaraJo - October 2, 2014 at 10:40 am
RE: I'm an atheist but I quite like Buddism... - by roaster - December 17, 2014 at 4:17 am
RE: I'm an atheist but I quite like Buddism... - by roaster - December 18, 2014 at 1:42 am
RE: I'm an atheist but I quite like Buddism... - by roaster - December 21, 2014 at 3:21 am
RE: I'm an atheist but I quite like Buddism... - by roaster - December 21, 2014 at 6:31 pm
RE: I'm an atheist but I quite like Buddism... - by Nope - December 18, 2014 at 8:50 am
RE: I'm an atheist but I quite like Buddism... - by dyresand - December 19, 2014 at 11:24 am
RE: I'm an atheist but I quite like Buddism... - by psychoslice - December 19, 2014 at 11:34 pm
RE: I'm an atheist but I quite like Buddism... - by Whateverist - December 19, 2014 at 11:43 am
RE: I'm an atheist but I quite like Buddism... - by dyresand - December 19, 2014 at 12:20 pm
RE: I'm an atheist but I quite like Buddism... - by Mudhammam - December 20, 2014 at 1:20 am
RE: I'm an atheist but I quite like Buddism... - by Whateverist - December 20, 2014 at 11:05 am
RE: I'm an atheist but I quite like Buddism... - by Mudhammam - December 20, 2014 at 2:40 pm
RE: I'm an atheist but I quite like Buddism... - by Whateverist - December 20, 2014 at 11:24 am
RE: I'm an atheist but I quite like Buddism... - by Mudhammam - December 20, 2014 at 4:18 pm
RE: I'm an atheist but I quite like Buddism... - by Elskidor - December 20, 2014 at 3:01 pm
RE: I'm an atheist but I quite like Buddism... - by psychoslice - December 23, 2014 at 10:57 pm
RE: I'm an atheist but I quite like Buddism... - by Elskidor - December 25, 2014 at 10:28 pm
RE: I'm an atheist but I quite like Buddism... - by psychoslice - December 25, 2014 at 10:48 pm
RE: I'm an atheist but I quite like Buddism... - by simplemoss - December 23, 2014 at 11:55 pm
RE: I'm an atheist but I quite like Buddism... - by psychoslice - December 25, 2014 at 10:15 pm
RE: I'm an atheist but I quite like Buddism... - by dyresand - December 24, 2014 at 1:02 am
RE: I'm an atheist but I quite like Buddism... - by robvalue - December 25, 2014 at 1:34 pm
RE: I'm an atheist but I quite like Buddism... - by abaris - December 26, 2014 at 6:04 am
RE: I'm an atheist but I quite like Buddism... - by Elskidor - December 25, 2014 at 11:16 pm
RE: I'm an atheist but I quite like Buddism... - by tantric - December 27, 2014 at 12:10 am
RE: I'm an atheist but I quite like Buddism... - by fr0d0 - December 28, 2014 at 4:09 pm
RE: I'm an atheist but I quite like Buddism... - by Alex K - December 27, 2014 at 1:51 am
RE: I'm an atheist but I quite like Buddism... - by tantric - December 27, 2014 at 2:25 am
RE: I'm an atheist but I quite like Buddism... - by Alex K - December 27, 2014 at 5:23 am
RE: I'm an atheist but I quite like Buddism... - by tantric - December 27, 2014 at 6:07 am
RE: I'm an atheist but I quite like Buddism... - by psychoslice - December 27, 2014 at 10:45 pm
RE: I'm an atheist but I quite like Buddism... - by tantric - December 30, 2014 at 4:40 pm
RE: I'm an atheist but I quite like Buddism... - by JuliaL - December 30, 2014 at 6:46 pm
RE: I'm an atheist but I quite like Buddism... - by dyresand - January 9, 2015 at 11:42 pm
RE: I'm an atheist but I quite like Buddism... - by dyresand - January 10, 2015 at 12:31 pm
RE: I'm an atheist but I quite like Buddism... - by dyresand - January 10, 2015 at 2:51 pm
RE: I'm an atheist but I quite like Buddism... - by dyresand - January 11, 2015 at 2:56 pm
RE: I'm an atheist but I quite like Buddism... - by tantric - January 12, 2015 at 1:56 am
RE: I'm an atheist but I quite like Buddism... - by tantric - January 12, 2015 at 2:29 pm
RE: I'm an atheist but I quite like Buddism... - by tantric - January 15, 2015 at 12:15 am
RE: I'm an atheist but I quite like Buddism... - by Angrboda - January 15, 2015 at 12:35 pm
RE: I'm an atheist but I quite like Buddism... - by tantric - January 15, 2015 at 2:09 pm
RE: I'm an atheist but I quite like Buddism... - by tantric - January 15, 2015 at 9:56 am
RE: I'm an atheist but I quite like Buddism... - by robvalue - January 15, 2015 at 10:32 am
RE: I'm an atheist but I quite like Buddism... - by tantric - January 15, 2015 at 12:21 pm
RE: I'm an atheist but I quite like Buddism... - by tantric - January 15, 2015 at 2:25 pm
RE: I'm an atheist but I quite like Buddism... - by tantric - January 15, 2015 at 10:48 pm
RE: I'm an atheist but I quite like Buddism... - by tantric - January 16, 2015 at 2:43 am
RE: I'm an atheist but I quite like Buddism... - by robvalue - January 16, 2015 at 2:53 am
RE: I'm an atheist but I quite like Buddism... - by tantric - January 16, 2015 at 9:33 am
RE: I'm an atheist but I quite like Buddism... - by tantric - January 17, 2015 at 1:52 pm
RE: I'm an atheist but I quite like Buddism... - by robvalue - January 16, 2015 at 10:39 am



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